It has been a triumphant month for Balatro with several wins at The Game Awards 2024 and the milestone of 3.5 million sales being passed – but the Pan-European Game Information (PEGI)’s change ...

But today, Balatro successfully won that appeal in Europe, earning itself a PEGI 12 rating and a lot more visibility on ...

The PEGI board announced today that they are revising the game’s rating from PEGI 18 — which effectively means inappropriate for children under 18 — to PEGI 12, due to complaints.

The game had been rated PEGI 18 due to ‘prominent gambling imagery,’ but it will now be rated PEGI 12 because it contains ‘mitigating fantastical elements.’ The game had been rated PEGI 18 ...

Balatro's European age rating has been changed from PEGI 18 to 12 following a publisher complaint. The hit roguelike was initially hit with an adult-only classification due to its poker theme.

One could say PEGI finally took the queen’s gambit. Balatro has finally gotten reclassified in Europe. As reported by TheGamer, PEGI has changed their mind and reclassified Balatro down to a 12 ...

“The Complaints Board concluded that, although the game explains the various hands of poker, the roguelike deck-building game contained mitigating fantastical elements that warranted a PEGI 12 ...

Balatro, the poker-themed roguelite, has successfully appealed PEGI's decision to classify it as PEGI 18 and has now been recategorised as suitable for players aged 12 and up. About a year ago ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. The PEGI board has announced that it has reversed its decision to classify Balatro with a PEGI 18 rating and will instead have a PEGI 12 rating.

Since then, however, Balatro's Pan European Games Information (PEGI) rating remained at 18+, until an appeal published earlier today revealed both Balatro and Luck Be a Landlord had successfully ...

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